The Comics Alternative is weekly podcast focusing on the world of alternative, independent, and primarily non-superhero comics. (There's nothing wrong with superhero comics. We just want to do something different.) New podcast episodes become available every Wednesday and include reviews of graphic novels and current ongoing series, discussions of upcoming comics, examinations of collected editions, in-depth analyses of a variety of comics texts, and spotlights on various creators and publishers. The Comics Alternative also produces "special feature" programs, such as shows specifically dedicated to creator interviews, webcomics, on-location events, and special non-weekly themes and topics.

This month Shea and Derek look at
two tonally different works of manga. They begin
with Yoshitoki Oima's series, A Silent Voice, the final (seventh) volume of which was
released from Kodansha Comics at the end of May. It's the story of
an elementary school bully, Shoya Ishida, and his
attempts to atone for his past...

In the
last of The Comics Alternative's four
episodes created while at HeroesCon 2016, the Two Guys
present a recording of panel discussion on which they participated,
"The Comics Canon: Reloaded!!!! Fire!!!!" This event took place on
the afternoon of Sunday, the last day of the convention, and it was
organized and...

While Andy and Derek were at HeroesCon last weekend, they
talked briefly with a variety of creators in Artists Alley --
see last Tuesday's show for those
conversations -- but they also had the chance to sit down for
longer, more substantive interviews. And they made it a point to do
so with Miss Lasko-Gross and Kevin...

About the Podcast

Two guys with PhDs talking about comics! The Comics Alternative is weekly podcast focusing on the world of alternative, independent, and primarily non-superhero comics. (There's nothing wrong with superhero comics. We just want to do something different.) New podcast episodes become available every Wednesday and include reviews of graphic novels and current ongoing series, discussions of upcoming comics, examinations of collected editions, in-depth analyses of a variety of comics texts, and spotlights on various creators and publishers. The Comics Alternative also produces "special feature" programs, such as shows specifically dedicated to creator interviews, webcomics, on-location events, and special non-weekly themes and topics.